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CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — feared the impact of job cuts.

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Trump, CDC fully restore 9/11 health program cuts from DOGE axe

Cuts announced last week by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were restored Thursday, Feb. 20 and Friday, Feb. 21.

Bloomberg on MSN · 21h

DOGE Restores 9/11 Survivor Program Cuts, Hires Back Workers

The Trump administration walked back cuts to a health program for 9/11 first responders and survivors, restoring research grants and the jobs of laid-off workers.

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New York Post on MSN · 22h

RFK Jr.-led CDC kills flu shot campaign, cancels major vaccination conference

Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” — which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in

Fortune on MSN · 1d

Amid worst U.S. flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign

Yes, seasonal flu shots are still available, and no, it’s not too late to get yours. But you’d be forgiven for being confused, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted one of its educational flu vaccine campaigns.

Yahoo · 1d

CDC vaccine meeting postponed after RFK Jr. confirmation

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization has postponed a meeting about vaccines. It comes shortly after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed.

US CDC reports 5-fold increase in weekly measles cases

Reuters on MSN · 1d

US CDC reports five-fold increase in weekly measles cases as Texas outbreak grows

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 from 14 a week ago, mainly driven by an outbreak in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services said last week that more cases of the highly contagious disease were likely to surface due to an outbreak in Gaines County.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

US CDC Reports Five-Fold Increase in Measles Cases From Last Week

An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout image obtained by Reuters April 9, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) - The U.

Austin American-Statesman on M… · 1d

Texas measles outbreak nearly doubles in a week to 90 cases. See map of cases per county

A fast-growing measles outbreak in West Texas has nearly doubled in just one week, now totaling 90 cases across seven counties and spreading to New Mexico. Earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 49 cases in five counties.

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Bloomberg on MSN · 21h

Trump’s Layoffs Hit 14 Workers in CDC Immunization Division

The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

Yahoo · 19h

Federal workers protest medical research cuts, layoffs by Trump administration

Workers recently fired from federal public health jobs warn the Trump administration's cuts could be wiping out future treatments and cures, researchers zero in on an inexpensive generic drug to treat autism,

Portland Press Herald · 22h

Federal CDC worker in Maine laid off by Trump administration

Hannah Reidel described the 'chaos and confusion' at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prior to the layoffs.

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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks

Trump administration has taken actions to dismantle established public health infrastructure as part of its second-term ...

CDC officials say flu season is one of the worst in years

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in severe and even deadly flu cases. Officials are ...

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CDC disease detectives ‘remain in their positions,’ agency says

Despite recent reports, officers in the CDC’s famed Epidemic Intelligence Service — often referred to as “disease detectives” ...

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CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts

The Trump administration terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including ...

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Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows

Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...

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Colorado CDC researcher terminated amid federal budget cuts while working on Lyme disease projects

Colorado research biologist Joe Cardiello was excited about being involved in what could become lifesaving research for ...

CDC: Flu season worst in a decade

The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and ...

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Layoffs hit many at CDC lab program that was started to address previous failures

The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...

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